citizenry
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"Even with the small cheque size from everyday givers, this is a sizeable contribution from the citizenry towards social impact," says Uppal.
From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026
“The big question is whether this would be enough to appease the Iranian citizenry, given the level of dissatisfaction, rioting and violence we are seeing on the ground at the moment,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 12, 2026
Crosswords, for him, are arguments on behalf of things: of what qualifies as “common knowledge,” of what role puzzles should play in informing a citizenry, of how wordplay and slang snake into the mainstream.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025
In 1965, Space City boasted a metropolitan population of 1.4 million in comparison with the Big Apple, which dwarfed that figure with a citizenry of 7.8 million.
From Salon • Aug. 15, 2025
Nevertheless, the trial’s last session found a fair segment of the local Establishment seated alongside the plainer citizenry.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
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